This paper explains that "The Big Money" is really the story of the beginning of
corporate and individual greed in America.
The author points out that Dos Passos not only uses greed as a motivation for his characters, but also shows how it affected some of the top technologists and businesspeople of the time. The paper relates that Dos Passos's unusual style weaves fiction with current "
newsreels" and events of the day, including Henry Ford and William Randolph Hearst.